drift
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drift·ed , drift·ing , drifts
intr.
To be carried along by currents of air or water: a balloon drifting eastward; as the wreckage drifted toward shore.
To proceed or move unhurriedly and smoothly: drifting among the party guests.
To move leisurely or sporadically from place to place, especially without purpose or regular employment: a day laborer, drifting from town to town.
To wander from a set course or point of attention; stray.
To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.
To be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of a current: snow drifting to five feet.
tr.
To cause to be carried in a current: drifting the logs downstream.
To pile up in banks or heaps: Wind drifted the loose straw against the barn.
Western U.S. To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.The act or condition of drifting.
Something moving along in a current of air or water.
A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water.
Geology Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.A general trend or tendency, as of opinion. See Synonyms at tendency .
General meaning or purport; tenor: caught the drift of the conversation.
A gradual change in position.
A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.
Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
A tool for ramming or driving something down.
A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.
A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
A gradual change in position.
A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.
Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.
A tool for ramming or driving something down.
A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.
A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier.
The rate of flow of a water current.
A tool for ramming or driving something down.
A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.
A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.
A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.
A drove or herd, especially of swine. See Synonyms at flock 1 .
drove, herd, act of driving ; see dhreibh- in Indo-European roots.]
drift'y adj.
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